in using electronics in flight as all fliers know you have to turn off your gadget for take off and landing. if the door is shut you have got to do it. things like tablets, smart phones, laptops. according to the reportings of the new york times officials hope to drop that rule by the end of this year. cell phone calls would still be banned. they point out there is no evidence, none at all that electronics cause any danger of any kind. none. still, one former f.a.a. official says there is still more testing to be done. he stopped by studio b. the g.p.s. systems on almost all aircraft they are really not built to block out a lot of interference because of the way they are designed. as we move to more satellite based navigation and getting away from radar we have to make sure those g.p.s. devices are secure. shepard: while they are busy powering down devices. pilots are often reading manuals on ipads. unbelievable. stocks took a tum itable today despite word that the
they could see the path where the pilot attempted to drop the retardant and wear that p 2 b air tanker dropped the trees before beginning tum itable. when crews got to the site it was evident something no one could survive. any time you are dealing with an aircraft, a wreckage of an aircraft is going to be, by nature, violent. so they re dealing with a violent downed airplane and i know that when they were able to get to the airplane, it was immediately recognizable both men were stable. the pilot was captained to neil tompkins and his co-pilot first officer ronnie edwin sham chapel chambless. grounded planes and the national transportation safety board, shep, is now on scene. back to you. shepard: alicia acuna, denver tonight. the shuttle enterprise won t reach new home until at least wednesday.
drones and why agents won t be so quick to send people back to mexico without punishment. president obama gets dragged into the john edwards will trial. tonight, word of a warning delivered to the president s people. and will prosecutors actually call edwards mistress to the stand? plus, gas prices take a tum itable. you ll see why they are dropping and how far they could fall. first from fox this tuesday night, if anybody has ever accomplished something like this inside al qaeda, we have never heard of it, nothing close. the would-be underwear bomber was actually a cia informant who infiltrated al qaeda in yemen. the l.a. times first reported this bombshell and now it s everywhere. the man, a double agent, a spy who worked for saudi arabia and american intelligence. that s why there was no explosion. why the would-be bomber could get himself and the al qaeda